European project LIFE FAGESOS

Safeguarding Mediterranean forests from oak decline and ink disease

The Life Fagesos Project

Climate change is exacerbating the threat of some invasive pathogens on natural and semi-natural forest ecosystems. The impact and spread of species of Phytophthora are increasing in forests of cork oak, holm oak and chestnut trees, the predominant species in Mediterranean forests, whose ecosystems are currently undergoing severe depletion.

The European project LIFE FAGESOS aims to propose remedies, specific to each ecosystem!

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Project Duration.

September 2022
Start of the Project
August 2027
End of Project

Our Goals

Preventing the spread of disease

Through remote sensing-based monitoring, risk modeling, and hygiene measures to protect adjacent areas

Mitigating forest decay

caused by Phytophthora species and climate change, through the implementation of integrated management protocols using natural products with very low environmental impact

Expected Impacts

Through its monitoring activities and large-scale application of integrated pest management protocols in Portugal, Spain and Italy, LIFE FAGESOS aims to conserve ecosystem services through:

Risk and impact assessment of forest decay on

93,850 ha

Of cork oak, holm oak and chestnut trees

Reduction of

80%

Of Phytophthora inoculum in the soil of treated areas.

Recovery of

40%

of declining trees in the treated areas

Reaching a

100%

protection of non-symptomatic trees in treated areas

Reduction of

18,119 ha

Of vulnerable areas

Recovery of carbon sequestration capacity for

6,997.051 tons

of CO2

Mitigation of financial losses for

839.200 €

per year

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European project LIFE FAGESOS

The Life Fagesos Project

Project Duration.

September 2022

Start of the Project

August 2027

End of Project